erstwhile是什么意思？

erstwhile

英[ˈɜ:stwaɪl] 美[ˈɜrstwaɪl]

• adj. 从前的，以前的，原来的，往昔的；
• adv. 从前，往昔地；

例句

• Panama is indeed now far removed from its erstwhile financial free - for - all. 事实上,现在巴拿马金融业远非过去的来者不拒.
• Erstwhile workers may have become managers. 过去的工人可能已经成了经理。
• His erstwhile friends turned against him. 他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
• He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's. 他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。
• Erstwhile workers may have become managers... 过去的工人可能已经成了经理。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  以往的;往昔的
  You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is.
  例句
  Erstwhile workers may have become managers... 过去的工人可能已经成了经理。 He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's. 他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. belonging to some prior time;
  "erstwhile friend""our former glory""the once capital of the state""her quondam lover"
• Adverb
  1. at a previous time;
  "once he loved her""her erstwhile writing"